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Dubai's delegation competed on indoor and outdoor home turf and consisted of three 4-way Open Class teams (Asaar Black - Gold - Red), the Asaar Ladies in 4-way Women, 4-way VFS team Amudy, the Asaar 8-way lineup and several international pickup teams at the Clash of Champions, who signed up for the United Arab Emirates.
Dubai Asaar Black, UAE's national 4-way team, still with player coach Craig Girard in the lineup, had the busiest agenda representing the United Arab Emirates at both events in 4-way and in 8-way.
Clash of Champions 2015 | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Total | Avg | ||
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Rank | 8-way AAA Class | L,F,C,7 | 5,6,19 | 2,9,3 | G,A,12,10 | B,11,22 | 16,1,21 | K,M,18,P | E,O,J,8 | Q,17,15 | N,H,4,D | Total | Avg | |
1 | Golden Knights | US | 34 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 37 | 34 | 35 | 25 | 31 | 42 | 324 | 32.4 |
2 | France Weembi | FR | 29 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 34 | 279 | 27.9 |
3 | Tanay | RU | 29 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 38 | 267 | 26.7 |
4 | Thund8rbirds | BE | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 35 | 250 | 25.0 |
5 | Qatar Falcons | QA | 24 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 221 | 22.1 |
6 | Dubai Asaar | AE | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 209 | 20.9 |
7 | Monaco Vitalsea | MC | 7 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 148 | 14.8 |
Clash of Champions | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | |
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Rank | AAA Class | J,13,8 | K,20,5 | 9,21,19 | C,3,6 | 7,O,15 | A,18,1 | 2,H,P,D | 16,L,11 | E,N,10,B | 12,Q,F,22 | Total | Avg |
12 | Dubai Asaar Black | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 232 | 23.2 |
18 | Dubai Asaar Gold | 19 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 184 | 18.4 |
21 | Dubai Asaar Red | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 126 | 12.6 |
The indoor 4-way competition of the Clash of Champions was the most challenging event for Asaar Black, as the strongest 4-way field in the history of the sport made it very difficult for all teams just to make it to the Top 10 on the leaderboard.
Asaar Black finished with the highest average (23.2) that any team from Dubai has ever posted, and it was just enough for the 12th place at Inflight Dubai. It was a similar situation at the World Air Games where Asaar Black finished with a new outdoor record average (19.4) as well. A 17.1 average was enough for Asaar Black at the FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2014 to make it to the finals. The 19.4 average at the World Air Games was actually the 7th place behind France, despite the new team record average.
World Air Games 2015 | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Total | Avg | ||
Rank | 8-way Open | 20,13,4 | F,L,B,G,P | 22,D,7 | 14,O,5 | 9,C,J,H | 19,K,3 | Q,17,E,A | 15,21,18 | 12,16,1 | 8,11,2 | Total | Avg | |
1 | Golden Knights | US | 22 | 33 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 17 | 222 | 22.2 |
2 | Tanay | RU | 17 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 185 | 18.5 |
3 | France Weembi | FR | 16 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 172 | 17.2 |
4 | Dubai Asaar | AE | 14 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 147 | 14.7 |
5 | Qatar Falcons | QA | 13 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 138 | 13.8 |
Craig Girard and Eliana Rodriguez started building an 8-way lineup next to the 4-way teams as soon as they had moved to Dubai. First impressive result was a place in the finals at the Mondial Dubai 2012 with an 11.1 average.
A setback followed at the FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2014 where Dubai's 8-way team did not even make the semifinals after several personnel changes. However, Craig Girard and Eliana Rodriguez, both former 8-way world champions, did not give up on their Asaar 8-way vision and began to re-build the team.
World Air Games 2015 | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | Rd. 3 | Rd. 4 | Rd. 5 | Rd. 6 | Rd. 7 | Rd. 8 | Rd. 9 | Rd. 10 | T. | Avg | ||
R. | 4-way Open | B,C,17,2 | N,19,4 | 13,14,F | 6,E,O,L | 7,1,A | D,18,P,22 | M,H,5,15 | 16,9,12 | 21,K,G,Q | 11,20,3 | T. | Avg | |
1 | NMP PCH Hayabusa | BE | 29 | 26 | 23 | 36 | 28 | 23 | 31 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 269 | 26.9 |
2 | Arizona Airspeed | US | 29 | 27 | 22 | 36 | 28 | 19 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 20 | 265 | 26.5 |
3 | Black Cat | RU | 23 | 23 | 21 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 234 | 23.4 |
4 | Qatar Tigers | QA | 22 | 21 | 17 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 214 | 21.4 |
5 | Evolution | CA | 21 | 22 | 17 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 205 | 20.5 |
6 | FLY-IN | FR | 24 | 20 | 18 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 22 | - | 188 | 20.9 |
7 | Dubai Asaar Black | AE | 21 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 194 | 19.4 |
8 | Vision 99 | UK | 18 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 17 | - | - | 136 | 17.0 |
9 | Rotor Out | AU | 17 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 13 | - | - | 135 | 16.9 |
10 | Ex3mo | IT | 16 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 15 | - | - | 127 | 15.9 |
11 | AtomiX YUU | DE | 14 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 14 | - | - | 120 | 15.0 |
The new Qatar Falcons, with coach Gary Smith, had outscored Dubai Asaar (22.1 - 20.9) at the indoor competition. Craig Girard's Asaar Black/Red combination then finished with a 14.7 average at the World Air Games, nine points ahead (14.7 - 13.8) ahead of the Falcons.
Both teams are now preparing for the Mondial 2016 where they will have a very realistic chance to make it to the finals once again. The internal mid-eastern question is who will have the upper 8-way hand at Skydive Chicago in September...